Opening hours are 10.00am to 17.30pm every day except Tuesday. There can be a charge of a few euros per person but we have never seen anyone too pay.
Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. It is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline in the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa and is built on particularly precipitous and rocky terrain, with the most stunning views of the West/Northwest coastline.
The origin of its name is not completely clear, and its thought that Michael 2nd Komnenos Doukas named it after is late father, who was known as Michael Angelos. In 1997 during excavations two early Christian slabs were unearthed at the top of the Acropolis, indicating that the site was occupied by the early Byzantine period between 5th-7th century AD.
From 1387 until late in the sixteenth century, the castle enjoyed considerable prominence during the period of Venetian rule, as Angelokastro was the capital of Corfu and, in the early sixteenth century, became the seat of the Proweditore Generale del Levante, who was the commander of the Venetian fleet stationed in Corfu and governor of the Ionian islands.
Instrumental in repulsing the Ottomans in three sieges of Corfu, later it fell into disuse and during the 19th Century, it was deserted.
Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. It is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline in the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa and is built on particularly precipitous and rocky terrain, with the most stunning views of the West/Northwest coastline.
The origin of its name is not completely clear, and its thought that Michael 2nd Komnenos Doukas named it after is late father, who was known as Michael Angelos. In 1997 during excavations two early Christian slabs were unearthed at the top of the Acropolis, indicating that the site was occupied by the early Byzantine period between 5th-7th century AD.
From 1387 until late in the sixteenth century, the castle enjoyed considerable prominence during the period of Venetian rule, as Angelokastro was the capital of Corfu and, in the early sixteenth century, became the seat of the Proweditore Generale del Levante, who was the commander of the Venetian fleet stationed in Corfu and governor of the Ionian islands.
Instrumental in repulsing the Ottomans in three sieges of Corfu, later it fell into disuse and during the 19th Century, it was deserted.